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Grant-CsClientPolicy

Lync Server 2010, Lync Server 2013, Skype for Business Online, Skype for Business Server 2015, Skype for Business Server 2019

Assigns a client policy to a user or a group of users. Among other things, client policies help determine the features of Skype for Business Server that are available to users; for example, you might give some users the right to transfer files while denying this right to other users. This cmdlet was introduced in Lync Server 2010.

Description

Client policies are applied each time a user accesses the system, regardless of where the user logs on from and regardless of the type of device the user logs on with.
In addition, client policies, like other Skype for Business Server policies, can readily be targeted to selected groups of users.
You can even create a custom policy that gets assigned to a single user.

Client policies can be configured at the global, site, and per-user scopes.
In order to assign per-user policies to users, you must use the Grant-CsClientPolicy cmdlet.

Examples

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------

Grant-CsClientPolicy -Identity "Ken Myer" -PolicyName SalesPolicy

In Example 1, the client policy SalesPolicy is assigned to the user with the Identity Ken Myer.

In Example 2, all the users who belong to the Sales department are assigned the SalesPolicy client policy.
The command first uses the Get-CsUser cmdlet and the LdapFilter parameter to return a collection of all the users who are members of the Sales department.
This collection of users is then piped to the Grant-CsClientPolicy cmdlet, which assigns the policy SalesPolicy to each user in the collection.

In Example 3, the client policy RedmondAccountingPolicy is assigned to all the users who meet two criteria: 1) the user must have the job title Accountant; and, 2) the user must work in the city of Redmond.
To do this, the command first uses the Get-CsUser cmdlet and the LdapFilter parameter to return a collection of all the users who work in Redmond and have the job title Accountant.
The filter value "(&(Title=Accountant)(l=Redmond))" limits the returned data to users who have the job title Accountant (Title=Accountant) and (&) who work in Redmond (l=Redmond).
(The "l" is a lowercase L, and represents the user's locality.)

The resulting collection is then piped to the Grant-CsClientPolicy cmdlet, which assigns the policy RedmondAccountingPolicy to each user in the collection.

Example 4 assigns the policy AccountingPolicy to all the users who meet one of two criteria: either the user has the job title Accountant or the user has the job title Senior Accountant.
To carry out this task, the Get-CsUser cmdlet and the LdapFilter parameter are used to return a collection of users with the job title Accountant or Senior Accountant.
The filter value "(|(Title=Accountant)(Title=Senior Accountant))" limits the returned data to users with the job title Accountant (Title=Accountant) or (|) users with the job title Senior Accountant (Title=Senior Accountant).
This filtered collection is then piped to the Grant-CsClientPolicy cmdlet, which assigns the client policy AccountingPolicy to each user in the collection.

In Example 5 all the users with accounts on the Registrar pool atl-cs-001.litwareinc.com are assigned the client policy AtlantaBranchPolicy.
To do this, the Get-CsUser cmdlet is first called to return the appropriate user accounts; the Filter parameter and the filter value {RegistrarPool -eq "atl-cs-001.litwareinc.com"} ensure that only user accounts homed on the Registrar pool atl-cs-001.litwareinc.com will be returned.
This collection is then piped to the Grant-CsClientPolicy cmdlet, which assigns each user the client policy AtlantaBranchPolicy.

Required Parameters

-Identity

Indicates the Identity of the user account the policy should be assigned to.
User Identities can be specified by using one of four formats: 1) the user's SIP address; 2) the user's user principal name (UPN); 3) the user's domain name and logon name, in the form domain\logon (for example, litwareinc\kenmyer); and, 4) the user's Active Directory display name (for example, Ken Myer).
User Identities can also be referenced by using the user's Active Directory distinguished name.

In addition, you can use the asterisk () wildcard character when using the Display Name as the user Identity.
For example, the Identity " Smith" returns all the users who have a display name that ends in the string value " Smith".

Type:

UserIdParameter

Position:

1

Default value:

None

Accept pipeline input:

True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters:

False

Applies to:

Lync Server 2010, Lync Server 2013, Skype for Business Online, Skype for Business Server 2015, Skype for Business Server 2019

Optional Parameters

-AsJob

Indicates that this cmdlet runs as a background job.

When you specify the AsJob parameter, the command immediately returns an object that represents the background job. You can continue to work in the session while the job finishes. The job is created on the local computer and the results from the Skype for Business Online session are automatically returned to the local computer. To get the job results, use the Receive-Job cmdlet.

Lync Server 2010, Lync Server 2013, Skype for Business Online, Skype for Business Server 2015, Skype for Business Server 2019

-DomainController

Enables you to specify a domain controller to connect to when assigning the policy.
If this parameter is not included then the cmdlet will use the first available domain controller.

Type:

Fqdn

Position:

Named

Default value:

None

Accept pipeline input:

False

Accept wildcard characters:

False

Applies to:

Lync Server 2010, Lync Server 2013, Skype for Business Online, Skype for Business Server 2015, Skype for Business Server 2019

-PassThru

If present, causes the cmdlet to pass the user object (or objects) through the Windows PowerShell pipeline.
By default, the Grant-CsClientPolicy cmdlet does not pass objects through the pipeline.

Type:

SwitchParameter

Position:

Named

Default value:

None

Accept pipeline input:

False

Accept wildcard characters:

False

Applies to:

Lync Server 2010, Lync Server 2013, Skype for Business Online, Skype for Business Server 2015, Skype for Business Server 2019

-PolicyName

"Name" of the policy to be assigned.
The PolicyName is simply the policy Identity minus the policy scope ("tag:").
For example, a policy that has the Identity tag:Redmond has a PolicyName equal to Redmond; a policy with the Identity tag:RedmondConferencingPolicy has a PolicyName equal to RedmondConferencingPolicy.

If you set PolicyName to a null value, then the command will unassign any per-user policy assigned to the user.
For example:

Grant-CsClientPolicy -Identity "Ken Myer" -PolicyName $Null

Type:

String

Position:

2

Default value:

None

Accept pipeline input:

False

Accept wildcard characters:

False

Applies to:

Lync Server 2010, Lync Server 2013, Skype for Business Online, Skype for Business Server 2015, Skype for Business Server 2019

If you are using a remote session of Windows PowerShell and are connected only to Skype for Business Online you do not have to include the Tenant parameter.
Instead, the tenant ID will automatically be filled in for you based on your connection information.
The Tenant parameter is primarily for use in a hybrid deployment.

Type:

Guid

Position:

Named

Default value:

None

Accept pipeline input:

False

Accept wildcard characters:

False

Applies to:

Skype for Business Online

-WhatIf

Describes what would happen if you executed the command without actually executing the command.

Type:

SwitchParameter

Aliases:

wi

Position:

Named

Default value:

None

Accept pipeline input:

False

Accept wildcard characters:

False

Applies to:

Lync Server 2010, Lync Server 2013, Skype for Business Online, Skype for Business Server 2015, Skype for Business Server 2019

Inputs

String value or Microsoft.Rtc.Management.ADConnect.Schema.ADUser object.
The Grant-CsClientPolicy cmdlet accepts pipelined input of string values representing the Identity of a user account.
The cmdlet also accepts pipelined input of user objects.

Outputs

By default, the Grant-CsClientPolicy cmdlet returns no objects or values.
However, if you include the PassThru parameter, the cmdlet will return instances of the Microsoft.Rtc.Management.ADConnect.Schema.OCSUserOrAppContact object.